04116nam 22005893 450 991079562860332120230804181526.09781623499792(electronic bk.)9781623499785(MiAaPQ)EBC6916937(Au-PeEL)EBL6916937(CKB)21391670200041(OCoLC)1303666010(MdBmJHUP)musev2_100086(EXLCZ)992139167020004120220314d2022 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierTexas People's Court The Fascinating World of the Justice of the PeaceFirst edition.College Station :Texas A&M University Press,2022.©2022.1 online resource (311 pages)The Texas Experience, Books made possible by Sarah '84 and Mark '77 PhilpyPrint version: Dunn, Mark Texas People's Court College Station : Texas A&M University Press,c2022 9781623499785 Human drama, Texas-style -- Butcher, baker, candlestick maker, uber driver -- Sue me, sue me, what can you do me? -- Bag and baggage -- A jury of their peers -- Dead reckoning -- I'm blessed that i don't dream about them -- What's happening in JP court is downright criminal -- Juvenile justice -- Gettin' hitched -- To hitch or not to hitch -- Four-footed constituents -- Forward and in sensible shoes (sometimes boots). With spangles -- In God some of us trust -- Brain, heart, and nerve -- In the opinion of the court -- Disrespecting the robe -- Goin' rogue -- Just a member of the community -- And in conclusion, your honor. Let's wrap this up."From 1983 to 1987, author Mark Dunn worked as a court clerk for a justice of the peace in Travis County, Texas, where, he says, "I learned more about human nature . . . than I could have learned in any other job I might have taken up as a bushy-tailed kid from Tennessee." Based on interviews with 200 justices of the peace from all parts of Texas, Texas People's Court promises to take readers on a tour of what it means to be a Texas justice of the peace: an experience that is by turns hilarious, sobering, heart-wrenching, and, from one end to the other, fascinating. Here in the Texas justice court, wrongs can be righted and lives changed in profound ways. A priceless family necklace might finally be restored to the rightful owner; an occupational driver's license fortuitously granted. A death inquest may become an opportunity for family reflection and valediction, with the attending judge as sympathetic witness. In each of its chapters, Texas People's Court takes up a different aspect, duty, or area of thought related to the profession of justice of the peace taken from conversations with JPs throughout the state of Texas-from those who serve in its most populous municipalities to rural county JPs-putting a human face on the responsibilities, attitudes, and perspectives that motivate their judgments. The result is a thoroughly entertaining, sympathetic view of what Dunn calls "the day-to-day observation of human conflict in microcosm.""--Provided by publisher.The Texas Experience, Books made possible by Sarah '84 and Mark '77 PhilpySmall claims courtsfast(OCoLC)fst01121402Justices of the peacefast(OCoLC)fst00985226Judicial processfast(OCoLC)fst00984705Judicial processTexasCasesSmall claims courtsTexasJustices of the peaceTexasTexasfastSmall claims courts.Justices of the peace.Judicial process.Judicial processSmall claims courtsJustices of the peace347.764/016Dunn Mark1535705MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910795628603321Texas People's Court3784059UNINA